January 17, 2013 PDF Edition - Wilbraham-Hampden Times
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<strong>January</strong> <strong>17</strong>, 013 The <strong>Wilbraham</strong>-<strong>Hampden</strong> TIMES<br />
Page 3<br />
Unemployment rates<br />
reported for November<br />
BOSTON – The Executive Office of<br />
Labor and Workforce Development reported<br />
last week that the November 2012<br />
seasonally unadjusted unemployment<br />
rates were down in 11 areas; unchanged in<br />
four areas; and up in seven areas over the<br />
month. Over the year, the rates are down<br />
in 18 areas; two areas went up; and two<br />
areas were unchanged.<br />
Statewide, the November seasonally<br />
unadjusted unemployment rate was<br />
6.1 percent, down 0.1 of a percentage<br />
point. Over the year, the statewide unadjusted<br />
rate was down 0.3 of a percentage<br />
point from the November 2011 unadjusted<br />
rate of 6.4 percent.<br />
In November 2012, over the month<br />
job gains occurred in six of the 12 areas<br />
for which estimates are published. The<br />
largest job gains occurred in the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy,<br />
Framingham,<br />
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Worcester,<br />
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner and Pitts-<br />
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field areas. Jobs remained unchanged in<br />
the New Bedford area. The five remaining<br />
areas each recorded a job loss.<br />
The seasonally adjusted statewide<br />
November unemployment rate released<br />
Dec. 20 was 6.6 percent, unchanged over<br />
the month and down 0.4 of a percentage<br />
point from the 7.0 percent rate recorded in<br />
November 2011. The statewide seasonally<br />
adjusted jobs estimate showed a 1,100<br />
job loss over the month.<br />
The labor force, unemployment rates<br />
and jobs estimates, for Massachusetts and<br />
for every other state, are based on statistical<br />
methodologies specified by the U.S.<br />
Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor<br />
Statistics.<br />
The unadjusted unemployment rates<br />
and job estimates for the labor market areas<br />
reflect seasonal fluctuations and therefore<br />
may show different levels and trends<br />
than the statewide seasonally adjusted estimates.<br />
Women’s Professional Chamber<br />
seeks nominations<br />
SPRINGFIELD - The Professional<br />
Women’s Chamber, a division of The Affiliated<br />
Chambers of Commerce of Greater<br />
Springfield, Inc., is seeking nominations<br />
for the <strong>2013</strong> Woman of the Year Award.<br />
The award has been presented annually<br />
since 1954 to a woman in the Western<br />
Massachusetts area who exemplifies<br />
outstanding leadership, professional accomplishment,<br />
and service to the community.<br />
The nominee’s achievements can be<br />
representative of a lifetime’s work or for<br />
more recent successes. Any woman in the<br />
Pioneer Valley is eligible for nomination<br />
and a chamber affiliation is not required.<br />
You may obtain a Woman of the Year<br />
nomination form by going to professionalwomenschamber.com<br />
or by emailing<br />
committee chair Nancy Mirkin at nancy.<br />
mirkin@florencebank.com. Nomination<br />
documents are due Feb. 15.<br />
Real Estate Licensing Course starts Jan. 28<br />
SPRINGFIELD - Beginning Monday,<br />
Jan. 28 the Realtor Association of Pioneer<br />
Valley will sponsor a 40 hour, 14-class,<br />
sales licensing course to help individuals<br />
prepare for the Massachusetts real estate<br />
salesperson license exam.<br />
The course will be completed on<br />
March 4. Tuition is $359 and includes the<br />
book and materials. For an application<br />
call 785-1328.<br />
Garden Club to hold trip to Boston Flower Show<br />
WILBRAHAM - The Springfield Garden<br />
Club will hold a trip to the <strong>2013</strong> Boston<br />
Flower & Garden Show on Thursday, March<br />
14. The $60 non-refundable fee includes the<br />
bus, admission to the show, refreshments on<br />
the return trip, and the driver’s tip.<br />
Lunch is on your own. The bus will<br />
leave from the <strong>Wilbraham</strong> United Church,<br />
500 Main St., <strong>Wilbraham</strong> at 8:15 a.m. The<br />
return will leave Boston at 2:45 p.m. and be<br />
back in <strong>Wilbraham</strong> by 5 p.m. To reserve a<br />
seat, send a check made out to the Springfield<br />
Garden Club and your full contact information<br />
to Pat Jorczak, 361 Frank Smith Rd.,<br />
Longmeadow, MA 01106. Paid reservations<br />
must be received by Feb. 14. For more information<br />
call 413-335-9286 or email patjorczak@comcast.net<br />
for more information. The<br />
trip is a fundraiser for the club’s scholarship<br />
and other outreach activities.<br />
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to oranges<br />
Unlike many daily newspapers, community newspapers<br />
are thriving for one reason alone, we’re local all the<br />
time. We bring home local news, reach a dedicated local<br />
audience and enrich our pages with local advertisers.<br />
Support your community and shop with our<br />
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TIMES photo by Cheri Milles<br />
Voted ‘Best Barber on Boston Road’…<br />
Maria Gomes of Mall Barber in the Eastfield Mall was voted the “Best<br />
Barber on Boston Road” recently. She was surprised by the Prize Patrol<br />
when she won the award in the Best of Boston Road voting this<br />
fall, presented by the Boston Road Business Association.<br />
International photo show at Tower Square<br />
SPRINGFIELD - The Valley Photo<br />
Center (VPC) is showing an exhibition of<br />
the photographic work of Ron Rosenstock<br />
now through Feb. 15.The VPC is located<br />
on the second floor mezzanine across<br />
from the City Walk food court at Tower<br />
Square, 1500 Main St., Springfield.<br />
Regular gallery hours are Tuesday<br />
through Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
The public is invited to a reception for<br />
the photographer on Wednesday Jan.<br />
30 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Valley Photo<br />
Center.<br />
Rosenstock is an internationally<br />
known photographer living in the Worcester<br />
area who has exhibited extensively<br />
throughout the country and internationally.<br />
Rosenstock specializes in Ireland<br />
and Italy, but also leads photo tours to<br />
Morocco, Iceland, New Zealand, Peru,<br />
Bhutan, Prague and the Czech Republic,<br />
and domestic tours to Vinalhaven, Maine<br />
and Death Valley. For more information<br />
contact gene LaFord at 413-733-6001.<br />
TIMES staff photo by Charles F. Bennett<br />
Describes ‘right to choose’<br />
on your electric bill…<br />
Life-long <strong>Wilbraham</strong> resident<br />
Donna French, of the green<br />
energy supplier Viridian – Power<br />
with a Purpose, shows an electric<br />
bill at the <strong>Wilbraham</strong>-<strong>Hampden</strong><br />
Rotary Club Jan. 9 at McLadden’s<br />
Pub in <strong>Hampden</strong>. She explained<br />
that consumers have the right<br />
to choose their energy supplier.<br />
For more information call her at<br />
386-4580.<br />
How to submit photos and news<br />
to the<br />
<strong>Wilbraham</strong>-<strong>Hampden</strong> TImES<br />
Readers are encouraged to send the TIMES hometown<br />
news and photos.<br />
• News items and press releases should be sent in<br />
an e-mail to the editor at cbennett@turley.com. Be<br />
sure to include who, what, when, where and why.<br />
• Digital photos at high or medium resolution are<br />
welcome, whether it’s a sports team, publicity for<br />
an upcoming event or just a photo of your grandchild.<br />
They may be e-mailed to cbennett@turley.<br />
com.<br />
• Coaches are encouraged to send us team photos.<br />
• Publicity chairpersons are encouraged to send in<br />
news about upcoming fundraising or other events<br />
at least three weeks before it takes place.<br />
Having difficulty with a press release or need help? Call<br />
editor Charlie Bennett at 682-0007 for help and suggestions.<br />
If you don’t have e-mail, you can mail materials to:<br />
Charles F. Bennett, Editor<br />
The <strong>Wilbraham</strong>-<strong>Hampden</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />
2341 Boston Road, <strong>Wilbraham</strong>, MA 01095